Justice Abe Fortas

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Bar_Association_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date 1910-06-19
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Right_to_privacy
First Amendment rights
Judicial independence
Civil Rights
Due process rights
gptkbp:death_date 1982-04-04
gptkbp:education gptkb:Yale_Law_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Abe Fortas
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Brennan
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Frank_Murphy
gptkbp:legal_framework Liberalism
1969-05-14
1965-08-11
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Lieutenant
gptkbp:notable_case gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia
gptkb:Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District
gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright
gptkbp:notable_character Under Secretary of the Interior
Legal advisor to President Johnson
gptkbp:notable_quote " Justice is the end of government."
" The law must be stable, but it must not stand still."
" The right to be heard is the right to be free."
" The law cannot stand aside from the social issues of the day."
" The Constitution is not a static thing; it is a living document."
gptkbp:notable_work The Supreme Court and the American Public
gptkbp:office gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.,_USA
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Arthur_J._Goldberg
gptkbp:president_nominated_by gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:profession gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:resigned gptkb:1969
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:spouse Carolyn Fortas
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District
gptkb:United_States_v._O'_Brien
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4